There are some games which should never see the light of day, let alone find their way into the clammy hands of an Amiga Power games reviewer. But Brain Damage has managed to succeed on both counts for which you have to admire its nerve. Because it's less successful on all other fronts.

Written by a 15-year-old, who states that he hopes there'll be more from him (thankfully after Amiga Power has died), the object of Brain Damage is "to totally smash your opponent's head in, leaving them with 100 per cent brain damage". What a lovely lad.

He adds: "Oh, and if you think this game is based on boxing, you're wrong. It's a psychopathic underground freefight tournament where you must prove your fighting powers through the mutilation of seven opponents." So, just remember, when you play your first game of Brain Damage and find yourself guiding a little boxer around a boxing ring, wearing boxing gloves, boxing his opponent into submission and breaking off every now and then at the end of each round (like they do in boxing), it isn't boxing after all. Hell, no.

There are six really badly drawn fighters to choose from: Rocko, Anders, Tya, Phoenix, Basheen and Koto. After choosing one of them, you are then required to enter the ring to fight your opponent by throwing the one solitary punch you are afforded with the fire button. At the end of each round, a breakdown of the scores of each player is revealed. If a player's brain damage is, say, 50 per cent, he may undergo brain surgery and start the next round with only 34 per cent damage. Hmm, it didn't make much sense to me either.

With each fight you win, your reward is to fight another opponent, though more skilful that you last, it's all rather tedious, but quite fun nevertheless.

There is a second game on the disk, but by the same author. It's called Tertis and there are no prizes for guessing what sort of game it is. At least, you can't have any prizes because there will be no one here to receive your postcards claiming a grey AP sweatshirt or copies of Zool 2 after you've correctly guessed 'Tetris'. It's possible to play with either one or two players, after the width of the bay into which the blocks drop and increase the speed with which they drop.

Should you even be considering going to the trouble of purchasing these two games, Brain Damage really isn't worth bothering about and as for a Tetris clone you need only turn over the page for Amiga Power's definitive PD game buying guide to discover where you can get hold of Tetris Pro.